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<title>Ground cover and biomass projection photos for the BBC collapse scar</title>
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<surName>Myers-Smith</surName>
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<givenName>Jennifer</givenName>
<surName>Harden</surName>
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<deliveryPoint>U.S. Geological Survey 345 Middlefield Road, MS 962</deliveryPoint>
<city>Menlo Park</city>
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<givenName>Anthony</givenName>
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<para>We used digital photographs to project the biomass over the growing season. This data set contains ground cover photos of plots from the center of the BBC collapse scar (0m) into the surrounding fire scar (30m) of the Survey Line Fire (burned in June-July 2001) for the growing seasons of 2003 and 2004.  Also included are ground cover photos of plots along the biomass transect used to create the projected biomass data.  
We calculated the percent cover of vegetation for the biomass and intensively monitored transects from digital photographs. Photographs were rectified to 10,000 x 10,000 pixels and a 20 x 20 grid was applied to the photograph. The percentage of each plant type was estimated in each grid cell. The percent cover was regressed against the measured dry biomass to project biomass for the intensively measured transect. We did not project moss biomass and instead assumed it to be the same for both transects. 
We projected the change in biomass over the growing season from the change in greenness determined from digital photographs. We chose five dates throughout the growing season with pictures of equal color saturation, focus and aspect. From these we estimated the percent photosynthetic biomass by selecting areas of green on the photograph and calculating the percentage of the total pixels made up by these areas. We estimated curves for the change in % green vegetation for 0, 6 m and the mean of the remaining distances along the transect (12, 18, 24, and 30 m), as these regions of the transect exhibited different patterns of greenness across the growing season of 2004. To estimate photosynthetic biomass over the growing season, we corrected the biomass estimates for the study transect to account for the change in green vegetation associated with growth and senescence
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<title>Data Use</title>
<para>This work has been produced as part of the Long Term Ecological Research Program and data users should adhere to the Data Use Agreement of the Long Term Ecological Research Network. The consumer of these data (“Data User” herein) has an ethical obligation to cite it appropriately in any publication that results from its use. The Data User should realize that these data may be actively used by others for ongoing research and that coordination may be necessary to prevent duplicate publication. The Data User is urged to contact the authors of these data if any questions about methodology or results occur. Where appropriate, the Data User is encouraged to consider collaboration or coauthorship with the authors. The Data User should realize that misinterpretation of data may occur if used out of context of the original study. While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and associated documentation, complete accuracy of data sets cannot be guaranteed. All data are made available “as is.” The Data User should be aware, however, that data are updated periodically and it is the responsibility of the Data User to check for new versions of the data. The data authors and the repository where these data were obtained shall not be liable for damages resulting from any use or misinterpretation of the data. Thank you.</para>
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<title>Citation</title>
<para>It is considered a matter of professional ethics to acknowledge the work of other scientists. Thus, the Data User should properly cite the Data Set in any publications or in the metadata of any derived data products that were produced using the Data Set. Citation should take the following general form: Creator(s), Year of Data Publication, Title of Dataset, Publisher, Dataset identifier, Dataset URL, Dataset DOI.  For Example:   Van Cleve, Keith; Chapin, F. Stuart; Ruess, Roger W. 2016. Bonanza Creek Experimental Forest: Hourly Temperature (sample, min, max) at 50 cm and 150 cm from 1988 to Present, Bonanza Creek LTER - University of Alaska Fairbanks. BNZ:1, http://www.lter.uaf.edu/data/data-detail/id/1. doi:10.6073/pasta/725db90d86686be13e6d6b2da5d61217.</para>
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<title>Acknowledgement</title>
<para>The Data User should acknowledge any institutional support or specific funding awards referenced in the metadata accompanying this dataset in any publications where the Data Set contributed significantly to its content. Acknowledgements should identify the supporting party, the party that received the support, and any identifying information such as grant numbers. For example: Data are provided by the Bonanza Creek LTER, a partnership between the University of Alaska Fairbanks, and the U.S. Forest Service. Significant funding for collection of these data was provided by the National Science Foundation Long-Term Ecological Research program (NSF Grant numbers   DEB-2224776, DEB-1636476, DEB-1026415, DEB-0620579, DEB-0423442, DEB-0080609, DEB-9810217, DEB-9211769, DEB-8702629) and by the USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Agreement # RJVA-PNW-20-JV-11261932-018).</para>
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<para>The Data User will notify the Data Set Contact when any derivative work or publication based on or derived from the Data Set is distributed.</para>
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<title>Collaboration</title>
<para>The Data Set has been released in the spirit of open scientific collaboration. Data Users are thus strongly encouraged to consider consultation, collaboration and/or co-authorship with the Data Set Creator.</para>
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<title>Disclaimer</title>
<para>While substantial efforts are made to ensure the accuracy of data and documentation contained in this Data Set, complete accuracy of data and metadata cannot be guaranteed. All data and metadata are made available in its present condition. The Data User holds all parties involved in the production or distribution of the Data Set harmless for damages resulting from its use or interpretation.</para>
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<para>We calculated the percent cover of vegetation for the biomass and intensively monitored transects from digital photographs. Photographs were rectified to 10,000 x 10,000 pixels and a 20 x 20 grid was applied to the photograph. The percentage of each plant type was estimated in each grid cell. The percent cover was regressed against the measured dry biomass to project biomass for the intensively measured transect. We did not project moss biomass and instead assumed it to be the same for both transects. 
We projected the change in biomass over the growing season from the change in greenness determined from digital photographs. We chose five dates throughout the growing season with pictures of equal color saturation, focus and aspect. From these we estimated the percent photosynthetic biomass by selecting areas of green on the photograph and calculating the percentage of the total pixels made up by these areas. We estimated curves for the change in % green vegetation for 0, 6 m and the mean of the remaining distances along the transect (12, 18, 24, and 30 m), as these regions of the transect exhibited different patterns of greenness across the growing season of 2004. To estimate photosynthetic biomass over the growing season, we corrected the biomass estimates for the study transect to account for the change in green vegetation associated with growth and senescence. 
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<para>We used digital photographs to project the biomass over the growing season.</para>
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<para>Pictures were taken on the east and west side of every point along the transect (0, 6, 12, 18, 24, and 30 m) at every visit to the site at the intensively monitored transect and once before harvest at the biomass transect.</para>
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<geographicDescription>BBC collapse scar -- The BBC collapse scar is located in Interior Alaska, USA, adjacent to the Bonanza Creek LTER on the south side of the Tanana River, approximately half way between Fairbanks and Nenana. The scar is located 0.5 km south of the river bank in a low lying black spruce tussock dominated wetland that was burned in June-July 2001 by the Survey Line fire.   .  Site alternate names:  </geographicDescription>
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<para>bi-weekly</para>
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<deliveryPoint>Northern Arizona University: Ecosystem Science and Society Center (ECOSS) PO Box 5620</deliveryPoint>
<city>Flagstaff</city>
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<postalCode>86011</postalCode>
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<para>NSF Grant numbers  DEB-2224776, DEB-1636476, DEB-1026415, DEB-0620579, DEB-0423442, DEB-0080609, DEB-9810217, DEB-9211769, DEB-8702629</para>
<para>USDA Forest Service, Pacific Northwest Research Station (Agreement # RJVA-PNW-20-JV-11261932-018)</para>
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